Table 11_1_24-2

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 11_1_24.2Hospice patients who received the right amount of medicine for pain management, by State, 2008-2009

2009

2008

State

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Total

94.7

0.1

94.5

0.1

Alabama

96.0

0.4

96.3

0.4

Alaska

90.7

4.0

93.3

2.7

Arizona

95.0

0.5

94.4

0.5

Arkansas

95.7

0.5

95.3

0.5

California

93.4

0.2

93.4

0.2

Colorado

94.2

0.4

94.4

0.4

Connecticut

92.8

0.6

94.5

0.6

Delaware

94.3

0.8

94.7

0.8

District of Columbia

92.9

1.8

DSU

DSU

Florida

95.1

0.2

94.6

0.2

Georgia

95.3

0.3

95.0

0.4

Hawaii

91.4

1.1

93.9

1.4

Idaho

93.3

0.9

94.0

0.8

Illinois

94.1

0.3

94.5

0.3

Indiana

95.0

0.4

94.5

0.4

Iowa

95.7

0.4

95.7

0.4

Kansas

95.9

0.5

95.7

0.7

Kentucky

95.6

0.3

95.5

0.3

Louisiana

93.5

0.9

95.7

0.7

Maine

94.0

0.9

92.6

1.0

Maryland

94.3

0.5

95.4

0.4

Massachusetts

95.0

0.4

94.6

0.5

Michigan

94.3

0.3

93.8

0.3

Minnesota

94.7

0.4

93.8

0.5

Mississippi

95.1

1.1

95.8

1.3

Missouri

94.6

0.5

94.7

0.5

Montana

92.8

1.1

94.6

1.3

Nebraska

95.4

0.6

95.8

0.6

Nevada

94.8

0.6

94.9

0.6

New Hampshire

94.4

1.0

95.3

1.4

New Jersey

94.5

0.4

94.0

0.5

New Mexico

93.6

0.8

94.8

0.8

New York

93.9

0.3

93.9

0.3

North Carolina

95.7

0.2

95.4

0.3

North Dakota

94.7

0.9

94.8

0.9

Ohio

95.2

0.2

95.1

0.2

Oklahoma

93.7

0.7

93.8

0.8

Oregon

93.8

0.4

92.5

0.5

Pennsylvania

95.4

0.3

94.9

0.3

Puerto Rico

94.8

2.9

100.0

0.0

Rhode Island

96.3

0.7

94.6

0.9

South Carolina

96.4

0.5

95.8

0.6

South Dakota

94.1

1.0

93.9

1.1

Tennessee

95.0

0.4

94.4

0.4

Texas

95.1

0.2

94.7

0.2

Utah

94.8

0.7

94.8

0.7

Vermont

93.5

1.0

93.6

1.1

Virginia

94.4

0.4

93.8

0.4

Washington

93.7

0.4

93.6

0.4

West Virginia

95.2

0.6

95.4

0.6

Wisconsin

94.6

0.4

94.2

0.4

Wyoming

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Family Evaluation of Hospice Care Survey.